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74 Jaw-$16M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONAH W. MOYER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,900, dated October20, 1885. Application filed February 6, 1885. Serial No. 155,080. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JONAH W. MOYER, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Doors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to hinges for hanging doors, &c.; and itconsists in certain improvements, fully set forth in the followingspecification, and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form partthereof.

Heretofore doors and lids have been secured to the door-frame and boxesby metallic hinges, two or more in number. That the door should swingeasily it was necessary that the said hinges should be secured to thedoor and doorframe so as to be perfectly true, otherwise binding andsqueaking resulted; and if the spring attachment is to be used to closethe door, it mustbe unnecessarily strong to overcome this excessivefriction. In addition thereto, hinges are ungainly, detracting from theornamentation of the door and its frame and architravc, and in additionthereto it re quires in many instances recesses to be made in the stileof the door, into which the hinges fit, mutilating the wood-work andmaking it more or less liable to become defaced.

The object of my invention is to overcome these objectionable featuresby providing a door, lid, or shutter with a vertical hinge-pieceextending. almost its full height, and which hinge-piece forms part ofthe door itself, but corresponds with and forms a continuation of a partof the architrave of the door-frame, and to whichit is invisibly hinged.By this means there are but two hinge-points and these are separated byalmost the full height of the door; consequently no binding can result,and less pressure will open or close the door. All squeaking is alsoovercome and, if desired, a small spring may be inclosed within thehinge-piece of the door or the architrave, which, while it is invisible,will cause the door to close with a gentle pressure, preventing allslamming and undue noises. In looking at the door with my improvements,if it were not for the handle it would not be perceptible on which sideit opened; consequently there is a great improvement in appearance andeffect, the same being far more pleasing to the eye and decidedly moreperfect in its operation. Of course this improvementis equally adaptedto lids of ornamented boxes or cases.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a door and itsframe embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line 00 a:on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3/ y on Fig. 1, and Fig.4 is a section similar to part of what is shown in Fig. 3, except thatthe spring is shown in the architrave in place of in the hinge-piece ofthe door.

D is the architrave of the door-frame, and may be made with anyornamentation desired.

E represents the rabbet-strip,and is brought out flush with thearchitrave.

G is the door, and may be made in any manner desired, and is furnishedwith a vertical hingepiece, 0, preferably cylindrical, and which may besecured to the stile by any ornamental connection F; or it may bedirectly secured thereto or formedintegral therewith,this connectionbeing immaterial to my invention. This hinge-piece O is almost the fullheight of the door, and fits between two similar pieces, A and B, of thearchitrave, forming, apparently, a single cylindrical column; and theplaces of j unctureshould be suitably ornament ed to prevent their beingnoticed. This ornamentation A and B of the architrave is carried overthe top of the door, as at A, and down the other side, as at B, makingthe architrave similar all around the door.

The hinge-piece O of the door is connected with the piece A and B of thearchitrave by hinges H H, which may be of any form desired; and thesehinges having practically but one point of connection, (being separatedby so great a distance,) they will work very easily and smoothly. Asmore wear will come upon the lower hinge, it is advisable that suitablebearings should be placed between the hingepiece 0 and part B of thearchitrave. As

shown, the plate h, carried by the part B of the architrave, isfurnished with ahole or depression, M.

Secured into a recess on the lower end of the hingepiece 0 is a case, K,which is provided with an aperture through which the stud or pin Lextends, the end of which pin works in the depression M. 1 The upperpart of case K has a square hole, K, into which an adj ustinghinge-pieceO or part F may be connected to the stile of the door by invisiblehinges f, which allows the door to assume the position indicated in thedotted lines.

The hinge-piece O or the parts A and B or either ofthem, may be made ofmetallic tubing or any suitable material, made cylindrical, square,flat, octagonal, twisted, 850., so long as the same is applied to formpart of the finish or architrave of the door and frame. This inventionis equally adapted to shutters or blinds. The ornamention would bevaried to suit the ideas of the architects, and therefore I do not limitmyself to the details of construc-' tion, as it may be modified invarious ways without departing from my inventionas, for instance,'theparts A B C may be all secured to the door and the hinges placed on theends of parts A and B; or in place of the two parts A and B, three ormore parts may be arranged ,With two or more hinge parts 0 on the door.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A door, lid, or blind having a portion thereof formed to correspondto the ornamentation of the architrave, in combination with saidarchitrave or frame, and hinges which connect the similar parts of thedoor and architrave, substantially as and for the purpose hinged to thearchitrave, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A door combined with ahinge-piece hinged to said door and thearchitrave or door-frame, the said hinge-piece correspond ing to thefinish of said architrave, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

4. A door or lid having a portion thereof formed to correspond to theornamentation of the architrave, in combination with said architrave orframe, and hinges which connect the similar parts of the door andarchitrave, and aspring to keep said door normally closed, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

5. A door or lid having one of its stiles provided with a strip orhinge-piece corresponding to a part of the ornamentation of thearchitrave or frame of the doorway, in combination with hingesconnectingthe top and bot tom of said hinge-piece with said architrave,and a spring contained within the hingepiece or the corresponding partof the architrave to keep the door normally closed, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

6. The combination of a door having hingepiece (3, with architrave D,having parts A and B and binge H, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

7. The combination of adoor havinghingepiece 0, with architrave D,having parts A A and B and B and hinge H, substantially as and for thepurpose specified. 1

8. The combination ofdoor G,having hingestrip 0, architrave D, havingparts A and B, hinges H, and spring I, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

9. The combination of the door G, having hinge-strip C, with architraveD, having parts A B, hinges between the parts A B 0, one of which ismade of case K, nut J having stud L, spring I, and plate h, having holeM, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

10. A door, lid, or blind having a portion thereof formed to correspondto the ornamentation of the architrave, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

R. M. HUNTER, WILLIAM G. MAYNE.

